0:40:03 Steve asks about ISDN and SourceConnect. George says its inevitable. Dan thinks it will be dominoes.

0:41:42 Denise Chamberlain thanks Dan for helping with her microphone. She asks about the difference between a condenser and dynamic microphone. Dynamic mics are designed to be spoken to very close, a live performance and broadcast mic. Condenser mic hears more like the human ear. She thought an RE-20 dynamic mic would work for audiobook work, but it’s not working out. George comments.

0:45:22 Susan Bernard: when will EWABS cover ventilation? Dan addresses it. George talks about using a cooler and block of ice.

0:46:45 Susan thanks George and Dan for EWABS.

0:48:10 Dan says the real trick is not to panic.

0:48:42 Gerald asks about mics and boards. Dan replies. With a mono, single track voice, you don’t need a mixer. You don’t buy expensive equipment to get work, you work to get better equipment. George joins the discussion.

0:53:18 Walter Olsen: have you guys tested the Kaotica Eyeball. Dan gives his opinion. George discusses his testing of the Eyeball.

0:55:43 Dan introduces another guest, Rodney Saulsberry, who talks about the session he’s about to lead. He works a lot for Telemundo. Dan asks him what he likes about Voice2014.

0:59:04 Break

1:00:16 They’re back.

1:01:06 Voice Over Essentials’ Porta Booths.

1:04:45 Ella says hello.

1:05:00 George shows a few photos of Ella at Voice 2014.

1:05:48 The Garden Party (with music by Ricky Nelson).

1:06:20 Curt Byk, who helps organize the event.

1:07:10 Dan meets Rebecca Davis. And she does a promo!

1:09:32 Scott Boyer at the Garden Party and a mustache duality. Baritone test pattern.

1:10:24 Joe Loesch and they order a beer. The bartender recommends a rum and Coke with ice cream for George.

1:12:56 Break. VoiceOverXtra.

1:13:26 They’re back. The final package.

1:13:52 Dean Panaro, Abrams Talent Agent, is presented with a problem to discuss at a Voice2014 session.

1:16:48 Terrace Talk vendor area. Diana Birdsall, winner of the EWABS demo derby. She describes working with Chuck Duran to make the demos.

1:19:33 Jonathan Tilley, who is based in Germany. He talks about how he came to live in Germany and his League of List Builders program. http://leagueoflistbuilders.com/

0:10:00 Trish says she has 17,000 followers on Twitter. She’s also on TweetDeck. It’s an app for Twitter to improve the interface. TweetDeck breaks the Twitter information into columns.

0:12:52 Dan asks Lisa what works for her. She didn’t like Facebook. She did social media originally for business. She loves Twitter because it’s a challenge to get your message into 140 characters. She has learned a lot from her VO contacts. For externals, she feels Twitter & Pinterest help with search engines.

0:16:00 Lisa uses her blog to show other sides of her personality and highlight her work. Her ranking: 1) Twitter, 2) Pinterest, 3) LinkedIn.

0:17:17 Lisa describes Pinterest. Pinterest allows you to create “bulletin boards” you “pin” articles to. It helps her organize what before were bookmarks.

0:19:42 Dan asks John what he does. He loves Twitter, too. It’s a giant conversation and you can see everything and jump in. In general, he sees social media as a giant party with different rooms, each with different rules and norms.

0:21:41 Dan asks Jerry what he does. He likes Twitter the best, but uses them all. With LinkedIn, people don’t disappear. He uses Twitter to call attention to what he does. He’s a photographer and uses them to promote himself indirectly.

0:23:23 When Jerry follows somebody on Twitter, he acknowledges when he’s “followed” back and sends a link to his demo.

0:24:10 Dan and George comment on the variety of perspectives.

0:24:30 Derek uses HootSuite to organize Twitter. He’ll also follow back and provide a link to more information. He’s started relationships with production companies in a more friendly way. He also has had VO friends refer him for jobs. It’s about fostering relationships.

0:27:34 Jerry talks about blogs. His blogs start with an audio version of him doing the blog via SoundCloud.

0:28:27 Lisa is pressed for time to even do a written blog. She tells the story of a client who wanted her to cast for a job she had. She used social media to search for people. She couldn’t find contact information on some people’s social media pages.

0:31:39 Break

0:33:37 They’re back.

0:34:30 Lisa says kids use Twitter for “open texting.”

0:35:21 George tells about a ringtone kids used that older people couldn’t hear.

0:36:00 George asks what has happened to Facebook to make it less attractive. Jerry comments that you have to pay for larger reach. Derek says Facebook is now the pay-to-play of social media.

0:37:20 Dan asks if buying “likes” is pointless. Discussion follows.

0:38:25 Derek puts something on his Facebook business page. And then he shares with his personal pages, which is free way to get his business page out there.

0:39:16 Jerry gets better reach when he puts a link as a comment instead of a post. Derek feels Facebook is secretive. Twitter is open and out there. George says features on Twitter come from users.

0:40:58 John says once Facebook tried to monetize everything, it turned into “click bate.”

0:41:37 Dan asks if social media actually generates work.

0:42:16 Trish uses TweetDeck https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ to for things like “need female voice talent” and TweetDeck finds those words anytime they appear. Her biggest clients have come from Twitter five years ago.

0:43:52 Derek says you still have to do the searching for clients. He explains the client research he does. He’s created copy for potential clients and sent that to them as an audition based on his research. He was careful not to criticize existing client voicing.

0:47:09 Trish talks about HootSuite https://hootsuite.com/ and her many, many social media accounts.

0:49:33 John talks about Jab, Jab Right Hook about the languages each social media site uses. http://alturl.com/7osix

0:50:00 Lisa describes the differences between sites. She doesn’t like nonstop promotion on Twitter, for example. Don’t forget the human connection.

0:52:45 Break

0:53:59 They’re back after the Sponge Bob message.

0:54:20 Dan talks about the “time suck.”

0:55:07 How do you stop social media from being a “time suck”? Jerry gives his tips.

0:56:24 John likes BufferApp.com, for scheduling Tweets when most of your followers are on. He also likes http://www.tweriod.com/ for scheduling tweets.

0:57:52 Lisa talks about managing her social media time being a full time mom. Keep an eye on scheduled tweets when current events intercede and make them inappropriate. She has to be careful and disciplined to manage her work and time.

1:00:25 Dan asks Derek how he does it. He uses HootSuite to schedule blogs. If you find the right tools, you eliminate the time suck. He also uses timing for tweeting in other time zones in other parts of the world. Get it done and get out. He likes Twitter for current events.

1:02:39 George asks if anyone has used SocialOomph (https://www.socialoomph.com/)? George says it takes scheduling to another level. It can rotate through pre-loaded tweets.

1:07:25 John calls it “content marketing.” You feed content into the machine for your target audience.

1:08:12 Derek has built his social media “friends” that way. He then talks about a book called “Launch,” by Michael Stelzner http://alturl.com/w8jny and how sharing with others creates relationships.

1:09:28 Questions from the audience: Q: Personal Social Media vs. Dedicated VO Brands. How do you separate those or do you need to? A: Lisa doesn’t share info about her kids. She recycles her writings from time to time.

1:12:31 John restates the question: do you promote yourself on a personal page or a professional page? He talks about how personal our voice and brand are. So, on Twitter he combines it. On Facebook, he does have a business page mainly for his demos. And then he watches what he says on his Facebook personal page.

1:14:25 Jerry keeps things separate. George asks if you can automate dealing with “likes” on your personal page.

1:15:12 Derek says discretion is key.

1:16:22 Jerry keeps his timeline on Facebook clean. He deletes old posts.

1:16:49 Harlan Hogan break.

1:19:04 Back to questions. Q: Google Analytics and how do we quantify the return on investment?

1:19:34: Trish doesn’t. She explains.

1:21:03 Q: “The way to make money in social media is to make advocates. And I make advocates by….”

1:21:24 A: Derek tries to show clients that he knows what he’s doing.

1:22:16 Jerry is big fan of sharing the wealth and advocates for the people he does business with. Then they become return clients.

1:23:04 Lisa doesn’t use day-to-day Twitter for getting business. To her, being a good advocate for her customers is being reliable and have them come back to her.

1:24:12 Trish goes back to question about separate pages. She can’t imagine using Twitter for personal reasons! That’s what Facebook is for, in her view.

1:26:39 John says it’s relationship building, starting on social media.

1:27:10 Dan starts a lightning round for pet peeves on social media.

1:27:31 John: Blatant nonstop self promotion.

1:27:50 Trish—reposting the same thing over and over on Twitter. It doesn’t create interaction.

1:28:33 Lisa: constant self promotion on Twitter, especially in politics, and no communications because of scheduled tweets.

1:29:42 Jerry: negativity without something good to say in between.

1:30:02 Derek, 1) don’t beg for likes for no reason; 2) Blogs with no last name, no link; and 3) people who don’t post in groups, but only comment with negative comments and start a problem. Post something original every once in a while. Trish doesn’t like people who post but don’t comment.